Acontia opalinoides

Acontia opalinoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1]

Acontia opalinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species:
A. opalinoides
Binomial name
Acontia opalinoides
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Calophasia postica Walker, 1865

Distribution

It is found in many African countries such as Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania. It is also found in Old World tropics of Sri Lanka,[2] and India.[3]

Host plants are Abutilon and Gossypium species.[4][5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Pachyrhabda bacterias Meyrick, 1913". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 host plants". African Moths. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2018.


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